Click past the jump for full highlights from Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300 in Las Vegas. AJ Allmendinger was the winning driver.
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Joey Logano Reflects on Last Year as NASCAR Approaches Anniversary of COVID Pause
This weekend should be one full of happy memories for Joey Logano of Middletown, CT. The NASCAR Cup Series is heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400, which Logano won last season. It’s the same weekend the FanShield 500 ran at Phoenix Raceway in 2020, another race where the driver of the #22 took the checkers. But this weekend marks a turning point in the sports history. At the same time, COVID was beginning to spread across the world.
Read MoreNASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The NASCAR Cup Series 2021 season has started off with three different winners in as many races with Michael McDowell (Daytona 500), Christopher Bell (Daytona Road Course) and William Byron (Homestead-Miami) all celebrating in Victory Lane.
Read MoreMiddletown, CT’s Joey Logano Returns to This Weekend’s Cup Race at Vegas Looking to Capture His Third Win There
Team Penske driver and current back-to-back Pennzoil 400 champion, Joey Logano of Middletown, CT , will return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in his No. 22 Pennzoil Ford Mustang sporting a Pennzoil primary paint scheme while attempting to capture his third straight Pennzoil 400 victory.
Read MoreTHE FOURTH ANNUAL PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE WILL IMMERSE FANS IN A LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
Houston, TX – March 1, 2021. Pennzoil® is back at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to host the fourth annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube as part of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race season. Continuing this season’s heart-pounding racing, the Pennzoil 400 will once again headline an action-packed, triple-header motorsports weekend, with a virtual experience for fans and on-track excitement. The green flag will wave at the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, March 7th at 12:30 PM PST and will be broadcast live on FOX.
Read MoreHomestead Results Not Good for Drivers With New England Connections
Drivers with New England connections didn’t fare well in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Homestead, FL. Berlin, CT’s Ryan Preece led the tally coming in 21st, Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT came in 24th, former Cup Champion Joey Logano of Middletown, CT placed 25th while Corey LaJoie, son of two-time Xfinity champion Randy Lajoie of Norwalk,CT ended up 36th. They all get another chance next weekend when the NASCAR crowd performs at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Read MoreWhat, Why and Where to Find Racing on TV for February 27-28
It’s Week 3 of the NASCAR Cup Series season and there’s a chance we’ll see something that hasn’t been seen in 70 years. Should another first-time NASCAR winner cross the stripe in the lead at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it would mark the first time since NASCAR’s inaugural 1949 season that a Cup Series season has started with three consecutive first-time winners.
Read MoreJoey Logano ‘Happy’ for All the Wrong Reasons Leaving Daytona
Joey Logano of Middletown, CT is probably tired of being happy for his competitors. Through two races in the 2021 NASCAR Cup season, the Daytona 500 and Sunday’s (Feb. 21) event on the Daytona International Speedway road course, Logano has been seen leading the field with two laps to go.
Read MoreAnother Daytona Near-Miss for Joey Logano
At least Joey Logano of Middletown, CT finished this time. One week after he was wrecked out of the lead on the final lap of the Daytona 500, Logano had another win at Daytona International Speedway slip through his fingers Sunday, this time on the road course.
Read MoreNASCAR Joey Logano Is Admittedly Jealous of Kyle Larson’s Driving Skills: ‘I Don’t Know if I’ll Get There’
NASCAR star Joey Logano might look to Kyle Larson as his next tutor. Logano, the 2018 Cup Series champion, is trying to bounce back from a disappointing end to last week’s Daytona 500. If he intends to get back on the right track — pun fully intended — and win his second title in four years, applying a lesson from Larson, the controversial veteran driver, might work in his favor.
Read MoreChristopher Bell joins Michael McDowell as First Time Cup Winner at Daytona
For the second straight week we saw a first time winner at Daytona. Christopher Bell joined the ranks of being a first time Cup winner with his hard fought win at the Daytona Road Course. Bell stayed in the hunt and chased down Joey Logano to secure his first Cup win after Michael McDowell got his first Cup win last week.
Read MoreJoey Logano Wants You to Know Just How Painful a NASCAR Crash Truly Is
If any NASCAR watchers are skeptical about how much crashes can hurt, they should speak with Joey Logano.NASCAR has made numerous safety improvements over the years to prevent tragic deaths or severe injuries. Crashes still happen on a regular basis, and there are some ugly collisions, but it’s been over 20 years since the sport’s last fatality. Still, let’s let Logano explain the physical and mental toll that crashes can have on drivers.
Read MoreJoey Logano explains his side of the last lap at Daytona, hasn’t spoken to Brad Keselowski yet
Joey Logano of Middletown, CT and Brad Keselowski have not yet spoken to each other after the two teammates collided while racing for the lead on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
Read MoreUnderdog Michael McDowell Wins the Daytona 500
Michael McDowell was finally rewarded for years of toiling away in underfunded teams by being in the right place at the right time late Sunday night as he went to victory lane in the Daytona 500. McDowell has run well in this race before with his best finish being fourth in 2017, but he hasn’t always been rewarded with his patience at the Great American Race.
Read MoreDaniel Hemric – No. 18 Poppy Bank Toyota Supra Preview – Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway
Daniel Hemric owns one top-10 finish in five career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Daytona International Speedway. Last summer, he started seventh and finished 24th at the World Center of Racing after being collected in a multi-car accident. Hemric is a former pole winner at Daytona and has started inside the top five in four of his five Xfinity Series starts at the track. Hemric also posted a top-10 finish in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition at Daytona back in 2016.
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